| 1997 |
| August 20 1997 |
The Roddy The Rooster & Friends site goes live with the web address www.roostermusic.com.au hosted by AT&T EasyLink Australia. First of Roddy's Farmyard Stories was Quiet In The Bush. |
| September 1997 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Pull Together As A Team. |
| October 1997 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Camping In The Bush. |
| November 1997 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Little Red Caboose. Links to all Roddy The Rooster's Farmyard Stories were added to the Roddy's Featured Story page. |
| December 1997 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 1 "Under A Sky So Blue".
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| 1998 |
| January 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Ging Gang Gooli. This is also the title of one of the songs from the Roddy The Rooster Video and CD and you can download the whole song in MP3 from the Pictures, Music & Video page. First Colour-in Pictures were added to the site featuring Roddy, Cassie, Joe and Roddy's Farm. The first video clip was also added to the Pictures, Music & Video page from the song Little Red Caboose sung by Billy Field (remember the song Bad Habits?) on the Roddy The Rooster & Friends Video and CD. |
| February 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Power Of Sleep. |
| March 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Baby Magpie Rescue. |
| April 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Billy The Easter Bunyip. |
| May 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Here We Go Gathering Nuts In May. |
| June 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Big Wooden Crate. |
| July 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Scratching With Joe. |
| August 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Birthday Party. The first month of Roddy The Rooster Contest coincides with the first anniversary of the site's launch.
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Roddy The Rooster Contest
Answer three simple questions (all answers at this site) to enter a monthly draw to win Roddy The Rooster & Friends video, cd and colour-in book and consolation prizes.
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| September 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Annual Tumbledown Creek Fete! - Part 1. The first winner for August 1998 of the Roddy The Rooster Contest was Justin, aged 9, of Mudgee, NSW, Australia. |
| October 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Annual Tumbledown Creek Fete! - Part 2. The Contest winner for September 1998 was Alex, aged 4, of Hazelwood, Missouri, USA. |
| November 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Oh! What a Wonderful Life!. The Contest winner for October 1998 was Emily, aged 4, of Blacktown, NSW, Australia. |
| December 1998 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Christmas Breakfast. The Contest winner for November 1998 was Thomas, aged 6, of Lake Mary, Florida, USA.
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| 1999 |
| January 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Do The Monkey. The Contest winner for December 1998 was Judilyn of Dayton, Washington, USA. |
| February 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Kira Kookaburra. The Contest winner for January 1999 was Savannah, aged 4, of Atherton, Queensland, Australia. |
| March 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Grand Parade. The Contest winner for February 1999 was Kevin, aged 8, of Raeford, North Carolina, USA. |
| April 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Sneezes In The Breezes. The Contest winner for March 1999 was Robyn, aged 4 1/2, of Kailua, Hawaii, USA. |
| May 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Uncle Tim's Bush Band. The Contest winner for April 1999 was Michael, aged 6, from Phoenix, Arizona, USA. |
| June 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was A Very Special Visitor. The Contest winner for May 1999 was Lynette's daughter, aged 7 months, from Houma, Louisiana, USA. |
| July 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was A Puppy's Tale. The Contest winner for June 1999 was JoAnne, aged 21, of Darwin, NT, Australia. |
| August 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Old Mr Wombat's Tea Party. The Contest winner for July 1999 was Caroline, aged 10, from Elizabeth Downs, Australia. Second anniversary of site going live. |
| September 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 2 "The El Destructo Invisible Ray Gun". The Contest winners for August 1999 were sisters Hayley, aged 3, Caitlin, aged 1 and their brother Michael, aged .2 from Coorparoo, Australia. |
| October 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Monsters!. The Contest winner for September 1999 was Lara of Engadine, NSW, Australia. The site starts running on a second server with the address www.roddytherooster.com because changes at AT&T mean the site has to move to another server. |
| November 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Cassie's Big Adventure. The Contest winner for October 1999 was Leigh of Renmark, South Australia, Australia. |
| December 1999 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Joey Joey Joins The Mob. The Contest winner for November 1999 was Amity, aged 6, of Durack, Queensland, Australia.
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| 2000 |
| January 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Mr Horse & The Mouse Called Klaus. The Contest winner for December 1999 was Tyson, aged 5, of Cundletown, NSW, Australia. The first seven Story Colour-in Pictures pages were added to the Colour-in Pictures page featuring pictures from Roddy's Stories of the Month to colour in. |
| February 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 3 "The Spilt Milky Whey". The Contest winner for January 2000 was Olivia, aged 4, of Wilson, West Australia, Australia. On 6 February 2000, Super Scene, the kids' section in The Sun Herald newspaper in Sydney, ran a Roddy The Rooster competition giving away 20 Roddy The Rooster packages. The winners were Jeff of Hillsdale, Michael of North Parramatta, Joanne of Rozelle, Astrid of Sutherland, Angella of Ryde, Wade of St Marys North, Joshua of Bradbury, Francis of Winston Hills, Emily of Orange, Sue of Newtown, Emma of Dubbo, Nicole of Temora, Karen of Thornton, Tony of East Maitland, Karen of Orange, Peta of Carlingford, Thomas of Quakers Hill, Annette of Bateau Bay, Shania of Freemans Beach and Marie of Croydon.
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| March 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was "Who's Roddy?". The Contest winner for February 2000 was Audrey, of Dean Park, NSW, Australia. Server move was completed with both web the addresses www.roostermusic.com.au and www.roddytherooster.com pointing to the same server. |
| April 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Easter Yummies Easter Tummies. The Contest winner for March 2000 was Brittany, aged 7, of Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Second video clip, from Roddy's Christmas Breakfast animated video, was added to the Pictures, Music & Video page along with the whole song Ging Gang Gooli, sung by Sister Madly with backing vocals from the whole cast, in mp3 format. Four more Story Colour-in Pictures pages were added to the Colour-in Pictures page.
Ging Gang Gooli MP3
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| May 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Joe's Crazy Bargains. The Contest winner for April 2000 was Jake, aged 9, of Carnegie, Victoria, Australia. The traffic at the site for April 2000 was double that of the best of all the previous months and the site made regular appearances in the Lifestyle/Children's Sites category at www.top100.com.au and www.hitwise.com.au peaking in the top 20 sites in the Australian category and even achieving top 100 positions in the global category. |
| June 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 4 "The Purple Bunyip - A Rude Mission". The Contest winner for May 2000 was Eric, aged 5, of Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. The traffic at the site for June 2000 was another new monthly record. End of the month saw the introduction of Roddy The Rooster Online Shop, a great way to order Roddy The Rooster products. |
| July 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Mrs Hen Has Lost Her Chicks. The Contest winner for June 2000 was Joshua, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, aged 6. The traffic at the site in July 2000 was another new monthly record. |
| August 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Quiet In The Bush. The Contest winner for July was Sally, aged 3, of Gosford, NSW, Australia. |
| September 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Pull Together As A Team. The Contest winner for August 2000 was James, aged 3, of Kallangur, Queensland, Australia. The month saw a new record for downloads of Roddy The Rooster's Farmyard Stories pages. |
| October 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Camping In The Bush. The Contest winner for September 2000 was Taylor, aged 1, of Coconut Creek, Florida, USA. |
| November 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Little Red Caboose. The Contest winner for October 2000 was Melanie, aged 5, of Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia. |
| December 2000 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Christmas Breakfast. The Contest winner for November 2000 was Gus, aged 2, of Carlton, Victoria, Australia. The Northern Star newspaper ran a contest in the Koala Club With Julie Hunt and Clancy section for kids giving away 12 Roddy The Rooster Packs. Congratulations to the winners who did the best job of colouring in "Do The Monkey", one of Roddy The Rooster's Colouring In Pictures.
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| 2001 |
| January 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Ging Gang Gooli. The Contest winner for December 2000 was Skye, aged 3, of Penguin, Tasmania, Australia. |
| February 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Power of Sleep. The Contest winner for January 2001 was Neha, aged 11, at the Sharma Eye Hospital in Ambala City, India.The month saw a new record for entries in Roddy The Rooster's Monthly Givaway. |
| March 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Baby Magpie Rescue. The Contest winner for February 2001 was Jordie, aged 9, of Mount Barker, South Australia. March 2001 set a new record for the highest monthly page views since going live in August 1997. |
| April 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Billy The Easter Bunyip. The Contest winner for March 2001 was Abigail, aged 3, of Hallett Cove, South Australia. April 2001 saw another new record for the traffic at the site and the number of Roddy's Contest entries. |
| May 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May. The Contest winner for April 2001 was Aaron, aged 8, of Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. |
| June 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Big Wooden Crate. The Contest winner for May 2001 was Jae, aged 5, of Gympie, Queensland, Australia. |
| July 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Scratching With Joe. The Contest winner for June 2001 was Rhiannon, aged 4, of Werribee, Victoria, Australia. July 2001 set a new record for number of readers of Roddy The Rooster's Farmyard Stories. |
| August 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Birthday Party. The Contest winner for July 2001 was Celine, aged 1, of Tingira Heights, New South Wales, Australia. August 2001 set a new record for the number of page views. |
| September 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Annual Tumbledown Creek Fete! - Part 1. The Contest winner for August 2001 was Tim, aged 7, of Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. |
| October 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Annual Tumbledown Creek Fete! - Part 2. The Contest winner for September 2001 was Brayden, aged 2, of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia. The month saw a new record for the number of visits, for the first time the site had more than 4000 visitor sessions in one month. |
| November 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Oh! What a Wonderful Life!. The Contest winner for October 2001 was Kyle, aged 6, of Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia. |
| December 2001 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Christmas Breakfast. The Contest winner for November 2001 was Corey, aged 5, of Stretton, Queensland, Australia. |
| 2002 |
| January 2002 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Do The Monkey. The Contest winner for December 2001 was Brianna, aged 7, of Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia. The first month of 2002 saw a new record for the traffic at the site as well as a new record for contest entries. |
| February 2002 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Kira Kookaburra. The Contest winner for January 2002 was Luke, aged 3, of Gymea, New South Wales, Australia. The traffic at the site continues to set new records. |
| March 2002 |
Roddy's Featured Story was The Grand Parade. The Contest winner for February 2002 was Brooke, aged 22, of Caves Beach, New South Wales, Australia. The traffic at the site was more than 25% higher than the previous best month. |
| April 2002 |
April 2002 was another busy month for the site. Roddy's Featured Story was Sneezes In The Breezes. The Contest winner for March 2002 was Zane, aged 4, of Howrah, Tasmania, Australia. |
| May 2002 |
May 2002 saw the traffic set new records for number of hits and number of page views. Roddy's Featured Story was Uncle Tim's Bush Band. The Contest winner for April 2002 was Parker, aged 6, of Aspendale, Victoria, Australia. |
| June 2002 |
June 2002 was another busy month for the site. The last two months have seen a large increase in the number of visitors and contest entries from New Zealand. Roddy's Featured Story was A Very Special Visitor. The Contest winner for May 2002 was Rachael, aged 11, of Hastings, New Zealand. |
| July 2002 |
July 2002 traffic at the site again set new records. Roddy's Featured Story was A Puppy's Tale. The Contest winner for June 2002 was Alex, aged 10, of Concord, New South Wales, Australia. |
| August 2002 |
On August 20 the site celebrated its fifth birthday and the traffic at the site continues to set new records. Roddy's Featured Story was Old Mr Wombat's Tea Party. The Contest winner for July 2002 was Bailey, aged 5, of Semaphore, South Australia, Australia. |
| September 2002 |
The traffic at the site continues to set new records. Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 2. The Contest winner for August 2002 was Liam, age 5, of Rapid Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. |
| October 2002 |
The traffic at the site set another new record. Seven of the first ten months of 2002 have seen new records set for Roddy's web site traffic, with October 2002 the third month of more than 5000 visits a month. Roddy's Featured Story was Monsters!. The Contest winner for September 2002 was Megan, age 3, of Snug, Tasmania, Australia. |
| November 2002 |
Aother record month for the traffic at the site, the first time over 6000 visits in the month, more than 200 visits a day, as well as record hits and page views. Roddy's Featured Story was Cassie's Big Adventure. The Contest winner for October 2002 was Bev, age 58, of Birkdale, Queensland, Australia. |
| December 2002 |
The year ended with another busy month, setting another new record for the number of visitors to the site in one month. Roddy's Featured Story was Joey Joey Joins The Mob. The Contest winner for November 2002 was Christopher, age 8, of Murrumba Downs, Queensland, Australia. |
| 2003 |
| January 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Mr Horse & The Mouse Called Klaus. The Contest winner for December 2003 was Jack, aged 3, of Rowville, Victoria, Australia. |
| February 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 3 "The Spilt Milky Whey". The Contest winner for January 2003 was Jade, aged 2, of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. February 2003 set another new record for the highest monthly hits, visits and page views. |
| March 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was "Who's Roddy?". The Contest winner for February 2003 was Tyler, aged 5, of Flagstaff Hill, South Australia. March 2003 set another new record for the highest monthly hits, visits and page views. |
| April 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Easter Yummies Easter Tummies. The Contest winner for March 2003 was Danielle, aged 4, of Petrie, Western Australia. The site continues to set new traffic records. |
| May 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Joe's Crazy Bargains. The Contest winner for April 2003 was Ryan, aged 6, of Kilaben Bay, New South Wales, Australia. May 2003 set another new record for the highest monthly hits, visits and page views. |
| June 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Mrs Hen Has Lost Her Chicks. The Contest winner for May 2003 was Tiarna, aged 5, of Slacks Creek, Queensland, Australia. |
| July 2003 |
Roddy's Featured Story was Space Commander Roddy The Rooster Episode 4 "The Purple Bunyip - A Rude Mission". The Contest winner for June 2003 was Taylor, aged 6, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The site has now recorded over a million hits. |
